Teaching The Mill on the Floss | Daily Lessons

Daily Lessons

This section contains 30 daily lessons. Each one has a specific objective and offers at least three (often more) ways to teach that objective. Lessons include classroom discussions, group and partner activities, in-class handouts, individual writing assignments, at least one homework assignment, class participation exercises and other ways to teach students about the text in a classroom setting. Use some or all of the suggestions provided to work with your students in the classroom and help them understand the text.

Lesson 1

Objective: Book One: Chapter One | Book One: Chapter Two. In these two chapters, the author presents the setting for the novel and introduces the two main characters through the testimony of their parents: Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver. This lesson discusses the concept of introductions.

1) 1) Class Discussion: Ask the class what an introduction is. Ask students what they hope to accomplish when they write introductions to...
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